* If you want a slice of English-only nostalgia, rent Nashville, because times, they are a-changing. [Los Angeles Times]
* “Flagging” (as such term was used in the first article) cops after they’ve allegedly burnt a flag? These guys have the street-smarts of a Yalie alright. [New Haven Register; Yale Daily News]
* It’s not like these tourists were looking for underaged hookers, but still, they knew they were doing something wrong. In any case, they’ll have a great “Guess what happened to us in New York?” story when they get home. [New York Post]
* When you’re full of shit, you get shit thrown at you. Makes sense to me. [Tornoto Star via QuizLaw]
Education / Schools
- Bad Ideas, Blogging, Education / Schools, Free Speech, Kids, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons
Non-Sequiturs: 04.03.07
By Stella Q* Those wacky middle-school art teachers. [Daily Southtown]
* Not the lawsuit we’d expect from an office party gone wild. [CNN]
* Metal will always be big in Scandinavia. It’s not like a German couple calling their kid “Knight Rider.” [Yahoo! News]
* He’s free at last, the douche is free at last! In my defense, it’s been a boring day. [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Affirmative Action, Asians, Copyright, Divorce Train Wrecks, Education / Schools, Gay, Intellectual Property, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Pranks, Securities and Exchange Commission
Non-Sequiturs: 04.02.07
By Stella Q* If you’re not spreading your music like herpes, then you’re just paying an extra 30 cents for the same product you’ve always been buying; as a side note, doesn’t Damon Alburn look dreamy these days? [New York Times]
* The SEC wants to be more like a friend than a parent, but watch out if you try to sneak out of the house after curfew on a school night. [FT.com via MSN]
* She may fight it until she regains her dignity writes another best seller, but chances are that I’ll get my groove back before she does. [New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer]
* Remember how Andrea from Beverly Hills, 90210 used her grandma’s address, and Vivian Abromowitz lived in the Slums of Beverly Hills to attend the prestigious public high school? Well, this is different. [Los Angeles Times]
- Britney Spears, Celebrities, Divorce Train Wrecks, Education / Schools, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.30.07
By B Clerker* SCOTUS considers whether to open new Gitmo appeals. [New York Times]
* Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Gates calls for Gitmo closure. [CNN]
* Spears and Federline have reached a divorce settlement, so no crazy litigation for now. [MSNBC]
* Sorority that allegedly kicked out unattractive members sues University for totally being not cool about it. [AP via Dispatch]
Have a good weekend, and Go Buckeyes!
* This isn’t Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas, but in a way, people are still lost. [Chicago Tribune]
* Speaking of Paris, Texas, here’s some trivia for you: the brother of one of its stars’ former partners (and father of one of her children as well as Pam’s new competition on The Office) was nominated to the federal bench last week and seems well-liked by all. Wasn’t that fun? [Seattle Times]
* More lawyers needed! For real. [Legal Profession Blog]
* I’m not judging the child-rearing methods (kiddie yoga! kiddie discos! kiddie Mandarin!) of urban yuppie/hipster parents, but nothing beats old-fashioned tough love. [Mail Tribune]
* It’s the crocodiles that made her look fat. “Crocs” make only fat people look fat. [Live Science]
* The weather’s warming up, so what better time for a cook-out? [New York Sun]
* And you think Angelina’s babies will have issues. [New York Daily News; New York Post]
* Why no one dress coded the cut-off denim shorts/Uggs combination at my Southern California high school in the early 90s is beyond me. [New York Times]
* This is not remotely law-minded, but I just know some member is going to sue Harvard for fostering a religiously hostile environment that inevitably leads to that great equalizer that is college sex. Even the co-founder admits he “slipped in up” once before. [BreitBart]
* It’s only okay to use a woman’s pregnancy against her when you’re dumping her ass for another woman. [ACS Blog]
On the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, after his oral argument in Morse v. Frederick, Dean Kenneth W. Starr has an epiphany. He realizes why he decided to take on this case, pro bono.
It’s because his client, petitioner Deborah Morse — a curvaceous, dark-haired beauty — reminded him of a young woman he once loved, many years ago…
This morning we posted the first half of our photographs from our recent trip to the Supreme Court. The rest of the pictures appear after the jump.
What are you doing tomorrow night? If you are here in Washington, DC, and don’t already have plans, please consider attending the annual benefit dinner of the Asian Pacific American Bar Assocation Educational Fund (AEF). Here are some reasons you should go:
1. It’s for a good cause. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s charitable and educational activities.
2. We’re emceeing for the evening. We’re breaking out the tux — and shaving (which is a big deal for us as bloggers).
3. There will be silent and live auctions. One of the items up for bids: Supreme Court bobbleheads! (Did you hear that, Mr. Bashman?)
4. The dinner invitation is both elegant and coherent, which is no small feat.
If you don’t believe us, see for yourself — the invite appears below. Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $90 for lawyers in private practice, $75 for government and public interest lawyers, and $60 for students.
We hope to see you there!
- Books, Education / Schools, Hair, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies, Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, Rudeness
Non-Sequiturs: 03.16.07
By Stella Q* Strippers always have day jobs, so this is no small victory. [Des Moines Register]
* Why the premium you pay for Fiji water (“untouched by man until you unscrew the cap”) is worth it. [Trentonian]
* (Commercially successful) hipster writer gives it away for free, but will anyone want it? [Sivacracy.net]
* But you still have to read everything. Did you ever get to the five commercial outlines and study guides you bought for evidence? [Discourse.net]
* How mooning can bite you in the ass. [St. Petersburg Times via How Appealing]
- Books, Drinking, Education / Schools, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Pornography, Pranks, Trademarks
Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.07
By Stella Q* Would you drink this if you knew it was named after someone who choked on his own drug and alcohol-induced vomit? Yeah, probably, if you were out of Grey Goose. [TMZ]
* I bet it’s Jim and Pam. My best prank? The classic Frozen Underwear I set up in my brother’s room before he came home from college with his new girlfriend. [The Times-Tribune (Scranton)]
* For once, we’re talking about the witch with a “W.” [Newsday]
* WTF? First, I didn’t realize there was some life to that old Vagina Monologues yet, and second, I have learned more about vaginas this year alone (not by choice) than I did through “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” those Women’s Center round tables in college and my compact. [The Journal News (Westchester) via How Appealing]
* At this rate, if we fire even those teachers who don’t have sex with their students, public schools are going to be left with just those “Nice White Ladies.” [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
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